Artist: Jennifer
Cover Artist: Cakka Dhama
Writer: Lavel Wideman
This is my third comic book, Jullanja@zombieapocalypse.com. Okay, I think you noticed the cover artist's name. Trust me, when I first worked with him, he told me to call him Cak-ka. I asked him are you sure you want me to call you that and pleasingly he said "yes." I'm not going to put anyone down because they're proud of their name, alright? Just like if a guy was given a girl's name or vice versa, it's what you're parents named you, okay. Not your fault.
I came up with the idea of Jullanja, where a homeless woman fights for survival among the living dead. I'm a zombie fan, I must admit. The concepts of my books must have homeless situations in them, they can't be of the norm. They must involve the forgotten as much as possible. When looking for a name for my character I read a book about screenplays, and there I saw the name Jullanja. I fell in love with the character as well as the name. The author described her being a Black Carribean with half blue, and half black eyes, of mixed heritage. I said, "I got to have that." So I contacted the author personally through e-mail. Got his permission to use the name; he gave me the okay. If you happen to look, my Homeless Drifter, if you look carefully in the drawings, you can see, he also has different tones of color in his eyes, even though, one is a cataract, the other normal.
Jullanja, is in the process of being made over, including cover. The artist and I never got along. Jennifer is an excellent artist by the way, she just asked for more than I could afford giving her. I was going by the budget, Jennifer wasn't. We went our seperate ways, with a few choice words, and that was that. For Jullanja, I want a more Marvel comic book feel to this edition. The eight pages are very much Marvel, it's just that, the artist and I aren't working together. So I'm in the task to looking for another artist for this issue as well. Anyone interested? Contact me or leave a comment.
No comments:
Post a Comment